The Good Doctor: Season 2
The second season of the American medical drama television series The Good Doctor continues the overarching saga across eighteen episodes. Created by David Shore and inspired by the South Korean series of the same name by Park Jae-bum, the show follows the professional and personal lives of medical staff in a hospital setting. The series features an ensemble cast including Christina Chang, Richard Schiff, Will Yun Le
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Shaun Murphy is a young surgeon who possesses autism and savant syndrome.
- Shaun Murphy relocated from a quiet country location to work as a surgeon.
- The series is a medical drama set in a hospital environment created by David Shore.
- The show is inspired by a South Korean television series created by Park Jae-bum.
Season overview
The second season of the American medical drama television series The Good Doctor continues the overarching saga across eighteen episodes. Created by David Shore and inspired by the South Korean series of the same name by Park Jae-bum, the show follows the professional and personal lives of medical staff in a hospital setting. The series features an ensemble cast including Christina Chang, Richard Schiff, Will Yun Lee, Fiona Gubelmann, Paige Spara, Noah Galvin, and Bria Samoné Henderson. The central character is Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome who relocated from a quiet country location to work in a major hospital environment. Across the eighteen episodes of this season, the medical team continues to navigate complex medical cases, ethical dilemmas, and interpersonal dynamics within the hospital workplace.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Hello
Sep 24, 2018
Shaun’s proposed treatment for a homeless patient puts him and Dr. Kalu in Dr. Andrews’ crosshairs. Claire tries to overcome Dr. Melendez’s reluctance to do a risky heart operation
Middle Ground
Oct 1, 2018
As Shaun pushes back against Dr. Melendez in order to treat a gravely ill hospital janitor, Dr. Lim risks a lawsuit to repair a teenage girl’s ritual circumcision. Dr. Glassman exe
36 Hours
Oct 8, 2018
Dr. Melendez, Dr. Brown and Dr. Park have given a young married couple two choices about their future: save the wife’s life or their future ability to start a family. Meanwhile, wh
Tough Titmouse
Oct 15, 2018
Shaun recalls his own past to help an intellectually disabled teenager face separation from his mother, while Claire is put between an injured teenage rock climber and her worried
Carrots
Oct 29, 2018
When a patient suffering from anorexia can’t gain the necessary weight needed to survive heart surgery, Claire suggests they perform an experimental surgery which Melendez strongly
Two-Ply (or Not Two-Ply)
Nov 5, 2018
Morgan and Shaun’s indecision on how to treat a young violinist who visits the ER with an infected finger could affect her future in more ways than one. Meanwhile, Lim, Claire and
Hubert
Nov 12, 2018
Dr. Shaun Murphy and Dr. Morgan Reznick must contend with two brothers who are bargaining over life and death. Meanwhile, Dr. Claire Brown’s friend who is dying of cancer asks her
Stories
Nov 19, 2018
Dr. Shaun Murphy, Dr. Audrey Lim and Dr. Claire Brown’s E.R. patient is forced to reveal a secret to her husband after their treatment caused a complication. Meanwhile, Dr. Neil Me
Empathy
Nov 26, 2018
Dr. Neil Melendez, Dr. Morgan Reznick and Dr. Claire Brown grapple with a patient’s wish to perform an operation that would keep him from acting on his pedophilic urges; and Dr. Sh
Quarantine (1)
Dec 3, 2018
Dr. Shaun Murphy and Dr. Alex Park treat two patients who collapse at the local airport and whose symptoms point to an infection that may become airborne. The staff races to contai
Quarantine (2)
Jan 14, 2019
The hospital is still in quarantine as Dr. Shaun Murphy continues to be overwhelmed by the chaos and noise in the emergency room; Dr. Morgan Reznick struggles to keep her patients
Aftermath
Jan 21, 2019
In the aftermath of the quarantine, the staff tries to return to their normal routines. Meanwhile, as Dr. Lim recovers from the virus, she and Dr. Melendez navigate their new perso
Xin
Jan 28, 2019
Dr. Shaun Murphy, Dr. Morgan Reznick and Dr. Audrey Lim treat a woman with autism and a delicate brain condition while navigating the complicated relationship she has with her room
Faces
Feb 4, 2019
Dr. Andrews tries to convince a grieving family to donate their teenage daughter’s face to another young girl whose face was horribly disfigured in an accident.
Risk and Reward
Feb 18, 2019
Shaun’s blunt honesty with a distraught mother of a critically ill newborn baby causes the new chief of Surgery to question keeping him on as a resident.
Believe
Feb 25, 2019
The new chief of surgery, Dr. Jackson Han, believes Dr. Shaun Murphy is a liability more than an asset and works to keep him out of the operating room permanently.
Breakdown
Mar 4, 2019
Dr. Shaun Murphy is desperate to join the team on a dangerous procedure involving a patient’s tumor removal. However, having been removed from the surgery team by Dr. Jackson Han,
Trampoline
Mar 11, 2019
As a barroom fight sends Dr. Shaun Murphy to seek treatment at St. Bonaventure’s, Dr. Alex Park and Dr. Audrey Lim disagree over an elderly woman’s post-operative symptoms. Meanwhi